There is much talk about God in nature, as if the Lord were bound by the laws of nature to be nature’s servant. Many theories would lead minds to suppose that nature is a self-sustaining agency apart from the Deity, having its own inherent power with which to work. In this men do not know what they are talking about. Do they suppose that nature has a self-existing power without the continual agency of Jehovah? The Lord does not work through His laws to supersede the laws of nature. He does His work through the laws and properties of His instruments, and nature obeys a “Thus saith the Lord.” {6T 186.1}


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Der er meget at tale om Gud i naturen, som om Herren var bundet af naturens love til at være naturens tjener. Mange teorier vil få mennesker til at tro, at naturen opretter sig selv, udenom Guddommen, - den har sin egen nedarvede kraft at arbejde ud fra. I dette ved mennesker ikke hvad de taler om. De tror at naturen har en selveksisterende kraft, uden Jehovas vedvarende virke? Herren arbejder ikke igennem sine love for at erstatte naturens love. Han arbejder gennem sine redskabers love og rekvisitter og naturen adlyder et »Så siger Herren.«

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